Wittmann (Solothurn),
Russia

Wittmann
(Solothurn),
a German Catholic
colony, was
established on the "wiessen
seite" or
"meadow side" of the
Volga River on the
3rf of August 1767. The
Russian name for
Wittmann is
Solothurn. The
colony was founded
by Baron Beauregard.

Population of the
Village
(Courtesy of
Center for Vogla
German Studies,
Portland, Oregon.)